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  • A Porter airplane lands in Toronto on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Porter Airlines and Air Transat are announcing a joint venture as the two carriers look to expand their range of destinations and tap into each other's markets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Porter, Air Transat launch joint venture to gird against domestic competition

  • Statistics Canada says airfares have plummeted over the past year, as airlines shore up capacity even while consumers think twice about travel amid a higher cost of living. An Air Canada jet taxis at the airport, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    Airline ticket prices fall 19 per cent amid less demand, more flights

  • The CEO of online travel agency FlightHub says demand for air travel may be levelling off after soaring to pre-pandemic levels over the summer. Travellers make their way through Pearson International Airport in Toronto Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

    FlightHub CEO sees early warnings signs of softening travel demand

  • An Amtrak passenger train departs Chicago on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. Amtrak is making a sales pitch to connect its lines in Detroit to Via Rail tracks across the border, hoping to lay the ground for passenger service between Toronto and Chicago.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Charles Rex Arbogast

    Proposed Toronto-Chicago rail corridor draws attention, as Via tempers expectations

  • FILE - Air Canada planes sit on the tarmac at Pearson International airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    'I was parked luggage': Accessibility advocates speak out about demeaning air travel

  • FILE - The Airbnb app icon is displayed on an iPad screen in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 2021. Airbnb reports earnings on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

    There's too much guesswork in renting an Airbnb. The short-term rental giant is trying to fix that

  • Delicate charcoal drawings that some experts have attributed to Michelangelo are seen on the walls of a room used to store coal until 1955 inside Florence's Medici Chapel, in central Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. The long-hidden 10-meters by 3-meters space was discovered in 1975 sparkling a fierce debate over Michelangelos' attribution. Officials decided to open the room to the public on a limited basis to protect the works. Starting Nov. 15, up to 100 visitors will be granted access each week by reservation, four at a time, spending a maximum of 15 minutes inside the space. (Francesco Fanfani via AP, HO)

    Visitors will be allowed in Florence chapel's secret room to ponder if drawings are Michelangelo's

  • FILE - An Air Canada is seen on approach to land at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

    Toronto-bound Air Canada flight makes emergency landing in Houston

  • A United Airlines Boeing 787 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

    United Airlines rolling out plan that lets passengers in economy class with window seats board first

  • Passengers look at the monitor displaying delayed flights at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Oren Ziv

    'Shock and grief' now part of the job for tour companies amid Israel-Hamas war

  • A woman holds up a mobile phone showing a digitally overlayed virtual reconstruction of the ancient Parthenon temple, at the Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Greece has become a late but enthusiastic convert to new technology as a way of displaying its famous archaeological monuments and deepening visitors' knowledge of ancient history. The latest virtual tour on offer is provided by a mobile app that uses Augmented Reality to produce digital overlays that show visitors at the Acropolis how the site and its sculptures looked 2,500 ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

    An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It's a glimpse of future tech

  • An award-winning luxury and lifestyle travel magazine says British Columbia's capital city tops its 2023 list of the world's best cities. Members of the Shorecrest Highlanders marching band perform during the 123rd Victoria Day parade in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, May 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

    Victoria 'embraces adventure' for top spot on Conde Nast list of world's best cities

  • WestJet is halting flights between Toronto and Montreal for the winter. Passengers walk past Air Canada and WestJet planes at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

    WestJet suspends Toronto-Montreal route for winter as it retrenches in Western Canada

  • A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane Flight SV872 from Jeddah is shown at an isolated area at Manila's International Airport in Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, is resuming flights to Toronto in December, after five years of no direct connections with Canada since a 2018 spat over the Liberals' loud condemnation of the kingdom's human-rights record. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Aaron Favila

    Saudi Arabia resumes flights to Canada as relations normalize after 2018 spat

  • A Sunwing aircraft is parked at Montreal Trudeau airport in Montreal on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.WestJet says it aims to wind down Sunwing Airlines and integrate the low-cost carrier into its mainline business by October of next year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

    Sunwing Airlines to fold into WestJet within a year

  • Air Canada pilots demonstrate at Toronto Pearson airport on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (Simon Sheehan/CP24)

    Air Canada pilots picket at Toronto's Pearson airport as talks continue

  • The High Commission of India is seen in Ottawa, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. India's visa processing centre in Canada suspended services Thursday as a rift widened between the countries after Canada's leader said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

    How does India's visa office suspension affect Canadian travellers?

  • A view of the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine, in Amritsar, India, Sept.20, 2023. Travellers and the sector that relies on them are rattled by heightened tensions between Canada and India, but see no reason to rethink their overseas plans for now. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Prabhjot Gill

    Travellers rattled by Canada-India row, but trip plans remain unchanged

  • A plane is silhouetted as it takes off from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on May 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

    Backlog of air passenger complaints tops 57,000, hitting new peak

  • A plane is silhouetted as it takes off from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., Monday, May 13, 2019.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

    Travel insurance concerns loom large as hurricane season descends